Floating Sample Clauses

Floating. Nurses required to float within the Medical Center inpatient or outpatient settings will receive adequate orientation. Appropriate resources will be available as follows: a. Introduction to the charge nurse and/or nurse resource for the shift; b. Review of emergency procedures for that unit; c. Tour of the physical environment and location of supplies and equipment; d. Review of the patient assignment and unit routine. Nurses shall not be required to perform new procedures without nursing supervision. Nurses shall seek supervisory guidance for those tasks or procedures for which they have not been trained. Nurses who encounter difficulties related to floating should report these to the appropriate Nurse Manager. There will be no adverse consequences for a nurse filing a concern. The Nurse Manager (or designee) will seek volunteers among the nurses present on the unit before assigning nurses to float. Floating will be assigned on an equitable basis as determined by each unit. The Medical Center will make a good faith effort not to require a nurse to float more than once per shift. Nurses assigned to float will receive a patient assignment taking into account the nurse’s training and experience. When feasible, the Nursing Supervisor or designee will offer the Patient Care Unit(s) an option to recommend floating assignments for unit RNs before per diems are assigned. Attempts will be made to float RNs in designated clinical clusters. Upon request, RNs with over 20 years of continuous professional nursing service at UWMC shall float only after all others when skill-mix permits.

Floating. Employees required to float within the hospital inpatient or outpatient settings will receive adequate orientation. Appropriate resources will be available as follows: (a) introduction to the charge nurse and/or employee resource for the shift; (b) review of emergency procedures for that unit; (c) tour of the physical environment and location of supplies and equipment; (d) review of the patient assignment and unit routine. Employees shall not be required to perform new procedures without appropriate supervision. Employees shall seek supervisory guidance for those tasks or procedures for which they have not been trained. Employees who encounter difficulties related to floating should report these to the appropriate supervisor/manager. There will be no adverse consequences for an employee filing a concern. See also Article 45.13 regarding charge nurse duties when floating. New Graduate/Returning employees will normally not be floated unless their unit is closed. In this case they will be assigned a specific preceptor or resource employee to provide close and direct supervision. A record of the order of floating will be maintained on the unit for a reasonable period of time. Employees accepting or requesting employment of either separate part-time positions or assignment in specific multiple departments will be notified in writing in their appointment letters that they are not eligible for float pay for this assignment. It is not the employer’s intent to create split positions for the purpose of minimizing part-time employment or float pay.

Floating. A full-time or part-time nurse will receive low census credit for floating for purposes of the low census rotation set forth in Section 7.8. Nurses who are assigned to the Float Pool will be subject to low census, but will not receive low census credit for floating within their two (2) clinical groupings.

Floating. Unless agreed otherwise between the Employer and the employees in a particular department, the Employer shall make float assignments to other departments in the following order: (1) qualified designated float employees; (2) qualified relief and temporary employees on duty; and (3) qualified regular employees in reverse order of seniority from the applicable department, except that new employees in their probationary period will not be floated during their first twelve (12) shifts worked. For purposes of float assignments, Patient Team Supports shall be considered to be in the same classification as CNAs unless the staffing needs of a department require otherwise.

Floating. The Employer retains the right to change the nurse’s daily work assignment on a shift-by-shift basis to meet patient care needs. Nurses required to float to a different unit will receive orientation to the unit which is appropriate to the assignment. Orientation will be dependent upon the nurse’s previous experience and familiarity with the nursing unit to which such nurse is assigned. 4.4.1 Subject to patient care and safety considerations, the Employer and the Association further agree that: a. floating assignments shall be equitably rotated on each unit with the order of rotation based on inverse seniority; b. nurses placed on-call shall normally be on-call for their care set only; c. once a staff nurse successfully completes orientation, that nurse shall be included in the float rotation for that unit; and d. while a nurse is on orientation they may float in rotation with their preceptor

Floating. (A) The University will make its best efforts to minimize floating within the term of this contract. In the event that it becomes necessary for an employee to be assigned, on a shift-by-shift basis, to another unit, nursing management shall ensure that patient care assignments shall be within the educational and skill level of the assigned/floated nurse. The University shall utilize the following guidelines when floating/assigning nurses: 1. Float pool employees shall be assigned prior to the floating of other full-time or part-time bargaining unit members. 2. Volunteers shall be sought. 3. Agency personnel assigned. 4. Per diem, then overtime staff will be assigned. 5. Finally, the University may assign employees on a rotation basis, with the least senior employee floating first. The University will use its best efforts to assure that the floating of staff will be done on an equitable basis. To do so, the University will assign an employee during his/her orientation period, e.g. new hire, new program implementation/equipment introduction, in such manner as to enable the employee to acquire the necessary experience and training to assure safe practice when he/she is floated. No employee will be given an assignment for which she/he has not been adequately trained, or which would cause the employee to violate the Rules and Regulations of the New Jersey Board of Nursing Practice Act. During the term of this contract, the University will use its best efforts to minimize floating on an interim basis during the work shift. Daily floating will be reviewed on a quarterly basis. If a full-time and/or part-time staff nurse has been floated more than five (5) shifts during the previous quarter, the floated nurse will receive a differential of three dollars ($3.00) per hour for all additional hours floated. A differential of three dollars ($3.00) per hour will be paid to a full-time and/or part-time employee who is assigned to a different “float section” on a temporary shift-by-shift basis. However, said float assignment shall not be counted when determining the employee’s eligibility to receive the three dollar ($3.00) per hour differential for being floated more than five (5) shifts in a quarter set forth in the paragraph above. In Newark (Sections 1 through 11) 1. EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT/TAA/FLIGHT NURSES/EMS NURSES

Floating. A certified nursing assistant (C.N.A), Patient Team Support, or Unit Coordinator who is scheduled to work on his/her assigned unit may be required to float to any other nursing unit. The above shall receive float assignments consistent with their skills, competencies and the patient population to which they are oriented. Among those employees who are competent to float shall be floated in the following order: 1. Volunteers, 2. Agency and travelers, 3. Float pool, 4. And then by an equitable system of rotation among those remaining.

Floating. The Employer retains the right to change the employee’s daily work assignment to meet patient care needs. Employees will not be required to perform tasks or procedures for which they have not been currently trained. In consultation with unit preceptors and employees regularly assigned to the unit, managers will develop unit specific orientation tools to be used by employees floated into the unit. Employees will only be floated to those areas where they have received adequate orientation, except in cases of emergency. The employer will notify employees as far in advance as possible if they are to be floated to another work area. Employees will not be required to float to more than one (1) work unit per shift, except in cases of emergency. Efforts shall be made to return a floated employee to the employee’s regularly assigned unit rather than replace the employee with another float. At the request of the employee or union, the parties shall meet to discuss and problem solve any situation where an employee in a Specialty Center or location with multiple Primary Care units is floated out of the unit for twenty-five percent (25%) or more of their shifts over a three (3) month period.

Floating. A nurse will not be required to float for a minimum of two (2) months from date of hire, or until completion of residency, whichever is later. During the nurse’s initial orientation to the Medical Center, each nurse will be scheduled up to four (4) hours on each unit to which the nurse may be required to float. When a nurse will be required by the Medical Center to float from one unit to a different unit, nurses will be required to float in the following order, provided the nurse has the necessary competencies to meet patient care needs: a) Unassigned nurses from a float pool created by the Employer, if any; b) Volunteers from the unit providing the floating employee; c) Agency and nonguaranteed travelers; d) Guaranteed travelers; e) Regular nurses working an additional shift under Section 7.7. f) All regular nurses working on the unit providing the floating nurse, in an equitable rotation to the greatest degree practicable based on who has floated most recently, provided the needs of the unit to which the nurse is being floated and from which she or he has been floated are met. If a nurse does not have the necessary competencies to meet patient care needs, another nurse will be required to float in accordance with the order above. When a nurse is required to float within the Medical Center, the nurse will receive a brief reorientation appropriate to the assignment. This orientation will be dependent on the nurse’s experience and familiarity with the nursing unit to which the nurse has been floated. Such an orientation will be expected to include unit routines, physical layout of the unit, location of supplies/equipment, and charting requirements. The floated nurse will be assigned a unit resource nurse whom the nurse can access for assistance. The floated nurse will not be required to be the only Registered Nurse on a unit to which the nurse is floated unless the nurse has so agreed. The floated nurse will not be required to perform tasks and procedures or to operate equipment for which the nurse has not been trained. Only chemotherapy certified nurses will be permitted to administer chemotherapy. No nurse will be expected to float more than two (2) times within any given shift unless that nurse agrees. No nurse will be expected to float if assigned to precept a nurse.

Floating. ‌ Nurses who float will be adequately oriented and have the appropriate basic skills for the units to which they float. Volunteers will be sought first when floating is necessary. Nurses will be expected to perform all basic nursing functions but will not be required to perform tasks or procedures for which they are not qualified or trained to perform.